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EXTRADITED. RACHID RAMDA, 35, Algerian terrorist suspect; from Britain to France. Allegedly a member of Algeria's outlawed Armed Islamic Group, Ramda was arrested in London in November 1995 after fleeing French charges related to that year's bombing of the Paris Metro, in which eight people died.
So began an odyssey that would transform al-Zarqawi from a brawling thug to the leader of the jihadist insurgency in Iraq, a man deemed so threatening to U.S. security that he commands the same $25 million bounty offered for bin Laden. By turning Iraq into a breeding ground for...
What does that mean for the future of al-Qaeda? Intelligence officials generally believe that al-Zarqawi has surpassed bin Laden as an inspirational figure for budding jihadis. "People have forgotten about bin Laden because they don't hear about him anymore," says an Arab intelligence source. Al-Zarqawi's...
For now, although al-Zarqawi has ties to jihadist groups across Europe, they don't necessarily take orders from him, counterterrorism officials say. But over the long term, his efforts in Iraq position him to become the voice and inspiration for disaffected Muslims around the world. "More and more people...
It helps that there are socially minded funds for nearly every religious and political persuasion. Five years ago, there were just 78 funds to choose from; now there are 222. For Catholics, there's the Ave Maria Catholic Values Fund, which invests in keeping with Vatican teachings on abortion, marriage...